Abstract
The paper describes industial experience gained in France for vitrification of fission products generated by spent fuel reprocessing. The continuous vitrification process developed by CEA, SGN and COGEMA is outlined and Marcoule Vitrification Facility (AVM), with output results since start-up of hot operation in June 1978, briefly presented. Vitrification of high-level liquid waste has now entered an industrial phase at La Hague with R7 and T7 facilities. R7 and T7 have each been designed to process FP solutions generated by reprocessing LWR fuel with an initial enrichment of 3.5% and a discharge burn-up of 33,000 MWd/t. R7 active operations began on June, 1989. This facility is now vitrifying the backlog of fission products resulting from the existing UP2 reprocessing plant, which is being currently extended. Scheduled to start early in 1992, T7 will vitrify the fission products, dissolution fines and sodium-rich solutions issuing from UP3 plant.
Sombret, C;
Jouan, A;
[1]
Fournier, W;
Alexandre, D;
Leroy, L;
[2]
Hugony, P;
[3]
Bernard, C
[4]
- CEA Etablissement de la Vallee du Rhone, 30 - Bagnols-sur-Ceze (France)
- Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires (COGEMA), 50 - Cherbourg (France). Etablissement de La Hague
- Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires (COGEMA), 30 - Bagnols-sur-Ceze (France). Etablissement de Marcoule
- Societe Generale pour les Techniques Nouvelles (SGN), 78 - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France)
Citation Formats
Sombret, C, Jouan, A, Fournier, W, Alexandre, D, Leroy, L, Hugony, P, and Bernard, C.
Start-up of commercial high level waste vitrification facilities at La Hague.
France: N. p.,
1991.
Web.
Sombret, C, Jouan, A, Fournier, W, Alexandre, D, Leroy, L, Hugony, P, & Bernard, C.
Start-up of commercial high level waste vitrification facilities at La Hague.
France.
Sombret, C, Jouan, A, Fournier, W, Alexandre, D, Leroy, L, Hugony, P, and Bernard, C.
1991.
"Start-up of commercial high level waste vitrification facilities at La Hague."
France.
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title = {Start-up of commercial high level waste vitrification facilities at La Hague}
author = {Sombret, C, Jouan, A, Fournier, W, Alexandre, D, Leroy, L, Hugony, P, and Bernard, C}
abstractNote = {The paper describes industial experience gained in France for vitrification of fission products generated by spent fuel reprocessing. The continuous vitrification process developed by CEA, SGN and COGEMA is outlined and Marcoule Vitrification Facility (AVM), with output results since start-up of hot operation in June 1978, briefly presented. Vitrification of high-level liquid waste has now entered an industrial phase at La Hague with R7 and T7 facilities. R7 and T7 have each been designed to process FP solutions generated by reprocessing LWR fuel with an initial enrichment of 3.5% and a discharge burn-up of 33,000 MWd/t. R7 active operations began on June, 1989. This facility is now vitrifying the backlog of fission products resulting from the existing UP2 reprocessing plant, which is being currently extended. Scheduled to start early in 1992, T7 will vitrify the fission products, dissolution fines and sodium-rich solutions issuing from UP3 plant.}
place = {France}
year = {1991}
month = {Dec}
}
title = {Start-up of commercial high level waste vitrification facilities at La Hague}
author = {Sombret, C, Jouan, A, Fournier, W, Alexandre, D, Leroy, L, Hugony, P, and Bernard, C}
abstractNote = {The paper describes industial experience gained in France for vitrification of fission products generated by spent fuel reprocessing. The continuous vitrification process developed by CEA, SGN and COGEMA is outlined and Marcoule Vitrification Facility (AVM), with output results since start-up of hot operation in June 1978, briefly presented. Vitrification of high-level liquid waste has now entered an industrial phase at La Hague with R7 and T7 facilities. R7 and T7 have each been designed to process FP solutions generated by reprocessing LWR fuel with an initial enrichment of 3.5% and a discharge burn-up of 33,000 MWd/t. R7 active operations began on June, 1989. This facility is now vitrifying the backlog of fission products resulting from the existing UP2 reprocessing plant, which is being currently extended. Scheduled to start early in 1992, T7 will vitrify the fission products, dissolution fines and sodium-rich solutions issuing from UP3 plant.}
place = {France}
year = {1991}
month = {Dec}
}